The years I was in the human world

The autumn nights come quickly. As soon as the sun sets, the moon rises. As soon as the moon rises, everything becomes quiet. Lu Zhouxue hurried back on the moonlit bluestone road, but he didn't expect the evil spirit to float out and sit on his shoulder, mocking him: "Why don't you eat meat? It's really ironic to hear this from you. You used to be just as cold and indifferent."

After the evil spirit finished speaking, without waiting for Lu Zhouxue to say anything, he smiled again, looking weird and evil on his cold face. He stretched out his finger and poked Lu Zhouxue's head: "Ah, you forgot, he is merciful and loving, Sui Mo, you are a despicable imitator."

Lu Zhouxue impatiently pulled the evil spirit off by his hair, looked at him coldly and said, "The gods are ruthless, but that does not conflict with their love for all living beings."

The gods on Mount Buzhou are all ruthless. Their ruthlessness without any partiality is precisely the greatest universal love. Because gods are selfless, no matter whether they are cultivators or mortals, they are treated equally in the face of the Heavenly Dao. This is also the reason why Xiao Yueheng tried his best to stop the Heavenly Dao from choosing its master.

The Wuxiang people who climbed up from the Pillar of Heaven were greedy and not satisfied with stealing the throne of God. They also wanted to become the Lord of all gods and attempted to interfere with the Heaven's choice of Lord. But, Lu Zhouxue sighed softly, what good is there in a heartless and ruthless Heaven?

If it was really good, why would Xiao Yueheng rather die than go to the infinite sky and be the sky?

Lu Zhouxue returned to Phoenix Terrace with a heavy heart. No matter how the evil spirit chattered in his ears, he ignored it. When he entered the door, he was absent-minded and was pushed to the ground by a big cat that suddenly appeared. Like a pig pushing cabbage, Lu Zhouxue grabbed the big cat's ears and lifted its head up, staring at it and said, "Stupid cat, you are so presumptuous when Ah Zhuo is not around."

Time goes back to the day when Lu Zhouxue came back from Beidu Court. The big black cat knocked on the door of Fenghuangtai. A young man in black clothes, in his prime, followed the cat and leaned against the door frame, laughing loudly: "Mianmian, not every cat can be called 'Xiao Fengzhuo'. Look carefully, I'm here."

"A Zhuo." Lu Zhouxue rubbed the big cat's head lovingly, then looked at Xiao Fengzhuo, "You went out to look for me?"

"Yeah." Xiao Fengzhuo nodded, motioning him to go inside and talk in detail. The two returned to the side hall. The big cat seemed to like Lu Zhouxue very much and kept rubbing against him. Xiao Fengzhuo knocked on the head and taught it a lesson, "Stupid cat, go play somewhere else."

The two of them sat down in the room. Xiao Fengzhuo looked at Lu Zhouxue's expression and said, "You look unhappy. Did you have a quarrel with the Grand Elder?"

Lu Zhouxue pinched the soft paw pads of the big cat in her arms and asked, "There are indeed some disagreements. How did Ah Zhuo know about it?"

"That's what I expected." Xiao Fengzhuo said with a smile, "The result of the retrial of the old case was not satisfactory. You will definitely be dissatisfied with the Supreme Elder, which will make things difficult for him."

"Azhuo, what you're saying is that I shouldn't be angry with my master, is that right?" Lu Zhouxue looked at Xiao Fengzhuo with a dangerous tone. Xiao Fengzhuo jokingly poured him a cup of cold tea, pushed the cup in front of him and said, "Calm down, and let me tell you in detail."

"Mianmian never doubted that this Dongshan old case was too easy to investigate?" Xiao Fengzhuo said patiently, "Among the people involved in the case, there must be Master Mingjing. He was able to conceal the truth back then, so why can't he conceal it now? Mianmian, have you ever thought about the secret?"

"That's because the Phoenix Nirvana caught them off guard." Lu Zhouxue frowned and thought, but soon he overturned his guess, "No, Yu Zhao has her heart blood taken every month. It seems that Yaoguang wants to cure her illness, but in fact it is to control the timing of her Nirvana. The Phoenix Nirvana is also within their expectations!"

"Oh, right." Xiao Fengzhuo snapped his fingers, dipped his fingers in tea and wrote on the table, "The only accident they couldn't foresee was you. So if the phoenix after Nirvana was not you, what would have happened according to the original trajectory?"

"The Phoenix has been reborn, but Yu Zhao is still guilty. The Dongshan case will always be an unjust case and will never be overturned." Without waiting for Lu Zhouxue to reply, Xiao Fengzhuo gave the answer, "As for Baili Changqing, he shouldn't have come out at this time."

"No one knows what happened to his eldest disciple back then, but it is true that he was seriously injured." Xiao Fengzhuo smiled jokingly, "It can only be said that man proposes, God disposes. Those people calculated everything, but they didn't expect Xue Feng to replace Zhu Huang, and they didn't expect Baili Changqing to come out of retreat early."

"So, his injury hasn't actually healed?" Lu Zhouxue hesitated. If his injury had not healed, it would be difficult to intimidate the group of real old foxes in the Final Court, and naturally the verdict would not be satisfactory. The result now might be all that Baili Changqing could fight for. In this way, it seemed that Lu Zhouxue had wronged him.

"Otherwise, Mianmian thought that Gongsun Wuyin could stop the great Grand Elder in Rongcheng?" Xiao Fengzhuo said, snapping his fingers at the big cat in Lu Zhouxue's arms. Seeing this, the big cat came to his arms and let him stroke it. Xiao Fengzhuo said while teasing the cat, "Mianmian, I need to remind you of one thing."

Lu Zhouxue: "What?"

"I have some idea of ​​what the Zhongting and the evil spirits did in the Dongshan area." Xiao Fengzhuo straightened his face and said seriously, "The demons also got involved. It's an ancient ritual for summoning gods."

"Summoning gods?" Lu Zhouxue's eyebrows jumped, and he unconsciously thought of the Wuxian people who climbed Mount Buzhou through the Tianzhu and tried to drive the gods. He had a bad premonition for no reason, "What do they want to do?"

"It's nothing more than rebuilding the road to heaven. After all, no one in the cultivation world has ascended to heaven in ten thousand years. It's not time to be anxious." Xiao Fengzhuo said this calmly, as if it had nothing to do with him, and there was a hint of watching a good show. "Mianmian, do you think they have evil ambitions?"

Lu Zhouxue didn't know whether it was out of sheer ambition or not. What he cared about was who had gathered these people together in the first place to rebuild the road to heaven. After all, when the Wuxian people were driven away by Xiao Yueheng, in order to prevent future troubles, Taihuang directly erased the concept of ascending Mount Buzhou to become a god from the minds of mortals. How did they learn about it again?

"Who was the one who initiated the task of rebuilding the road to heaven..." Lu Zhouxue murmured.

Xiao Fengzhuo shook his head. He didn't know either. These were all top secret. Now the elders of the demon clan were wary of him, so naturally they wouldn't tell him. He only found out about the rebuilding of the road to heaven by accident.

"Mianmian, I'm going back to the demon clan." The two looked at each other in silence for a moment, and Xiao Fengzhuo suddenly spoke.

Lu Zhouxue was watching Xiao Fengzhuo playing with the cat, and was in a good mood. Suddenly, when she heard him say that, she felt like she was poured with a bucket of cold water, and her whole body was cold. Lu Zhouxue was stunned for a moment, and then asked: "Did something happen to the demon tribe? Why did you go back suddenly?"

"It's not that sudden." Xiao Fengzhuo said, and took out a bag of sweet-scented osmanthus cake from his arms naturally. "I saw it on the road and bought it. Eat it quickly while it's still hot. Originally, I didn't welcome Fenghuang back. I should have gone back, but I just kept dragging it out."

"The demon clan was also involved in the Dongshan incident. Now that Baili Changqing has ruined the plan, the demon king is unhappy. Those of us who are doing the work must return quickly." Xiao Fengzhuo said. He did not mention that Ke Rou had come to him in Rongcheng and asked him not to interfere. Now that the Yin Gathering Formation outside Dongshan was broken, the main responsibility lay with him and Lu Zhouxue. The demon king summoned him back this time, naturally to call him back to punish him.

"Then when will you come out again after you go back?" Lu Zhouxue pinched the edge of the osmanthus cake in his hand unconsciously, feeling a little lost for no reason. He was obviously used to being alone before, so why couldn't he accept it now? He and Xiao Fengzhuo hadn't known each other for too long.

"I don't know." Xiao Fengzhuo sighed. He was helpless. He came to Zhongting this time because he was taking time off. The monsters were worried about his power, but they were afraid of not seeing him under their noses. The contradiction was funny. "I am the Monster King's confidant. Generally speaking, I am not allowed to act without authorization unless it is urgent. But don't worry too much. I'll leave this stupid cat to accompany you. I will sneak out to play with you if I have the chance."

All good things must come to an end. Lu Zhouxue knew this clearly, so he sighed and accepted it. He asked, "When will Ah Zhuo leave?"

"We will leave soon." Xiao Fengzhuo replied. Seeing Lu Zhouxue's disappointment written all over her face, he couldn't help but laugh. He pinched Lu Zhouxue's white and soft cheeks and said with a smile, "Mianmian looks like she's about to cry. It seems that I still mean a lot to her."

Xiao Fengzhuo left the next day. Kongque practiced swordplay at Wuxiang Peak during the day and returned home late at night. Phoenix Terrace became deserted for a while, but Lu Zhouxue seemed to be accustomed to loneliness. He continued to do everything as usual and only felt lonely when he subconsciously called out to others but received no response.

Lu Zhouxue tried to make a dress for Kong Que. He pricked all ten of his fingers, but the stitches were still crooked. This time, there was no Mr. Tianluo to help him correct it. He finished it at night, and the next day it still looked horrible. Lu Zhouxue silently removed the stitches on the dress that looked like a piece of rag.

He took the silk cloth to the human world and found a skilled embroiderer. He spent a few copper coins to make a dress for a girl. The embroiderer was already a mother. When she saw Lu Zhouxue, a young man with aloof and elegant appearance, holding silk cloth to make clothes for the girl, and there were blood spots on his exposed fingertips, she couldn't help but smile lovingly: "Young master, are you making clothes for your sweetheart?"

Lu Zhouxue was stunned, then shook his head and said, "Yes...sister." He wanted to say daughter, but then he remembered that Kong Que had changed his name for him recently, so he changed his words as well. After explaining, he pointed to the silk cloth handed to the embroiderer and said seriously, "The girl doesn't have many clothes, so make them well."

"Your sister is so lucky. She is loved so much by her brother." The embroiderer took over Lu Zhouxue's business. While matching the silk cloth, she chatted with him with a smile. As she spoke, she gently kicked the boy who was squatting at her feet and playing with the ball of thread. "You little brat, you only know how to bully your sister."

Lu Zhouxue was embarrassed and did not respond. The embroiderer had good skills and the skirt looked good. He thought Peacock would like it, so he spent a few more copper coins and asked the embroiderer to make a few more. Girls always like beautiful things, Lu Zhouxue thought.

A few days later, when Lu Zhouxue was passing by the human world, he saw a very beautiful phoenix lantern. It had a gilded frame and a colored glaze lampshade, on which was vividly painted a fire phoenix with its wings spread against the wind. It looked extremely beautiful when the candle was lit.

As soon as Lu Zhouxue saw it, she felt that Kong Que would like it, so she brought Kong Que a few hairpins used by her daughter.

At that time, Peacock was still in Wuxiang Peak, so Lu Zhouxue put the things in the main hall where she lived so that Peacock could see them when he came back. After doing all this, Lu Zhouxue hid quietly and waited for Peacock to come back.

The girl came back from practicing sword with Baili Changqing. She was stunned when she saw the Phoenix Lantern in the main hall. She felt a little helpless, but she couldn't let go of the Phoenix Lantern and held it in her arms, as if she was holding her favorite thing.

Seeing that she liked it, Lu Zhouxue's mood also improved, and he quietly withdrew. The evil spirit sat on his shoulder and said disdainfully: "You are going backwards as you grow older, and you still have to use this cheap method to maintain your feelings."

"You understand again." Lu Zhouxue retorted, but his good mood faded. The evil spirit was right, he was indeed very deliberate, trying to save something in this way, even though he didn't know what he wanted to keep.

The God of the End of the Year was a loner, so how could he be so worried about gains and losses? But the fact is, it was not he who chose loneliness, but loneliness that enveloped him.

"It was Xiao Yueheng in the past, and now it's this girl. Who will it be in the future?" The evil spirit was lying on top of Lu Zhouxue's head and chattering non-stop, making him upset: "What does it have to do with you?"

"Hahaha, it has nothing to do with me." The evil spirit chuckled. He pointed at the rising moon and looked at Lu Zhouxue with a gloating look. "You didn't forget what day it is today, did you?"

Lu Zhouxue was startled, then looked up and saw a full moon hanging dimly at the junction of night and sunset. It was an ordinary full moon.

"Tonight is the middle of the moon." Lu Zhouxue murmured softly. He actually forgot that it was the middle of the moon and it was time for his old illness to flare up again.

In this case, he can no longer stay in the Phoenix Terrace. Although he is now a mortal, he is still the soul of a god after all. If the uncontrolled divine power leaks out... Xiao Yueheng's fate is a lesson for him.

Thinking of this, Lu Zhouxue hurried out of the side hall, startling the big cat resting in the courtyard. It raised its head and looked at him curiously with its amber eyes.

Lu Zhouxue walked past it without blinking. Seeing that he was being ignored, the big cat became unhappy. He raised his paw to hold down Lu Zhouxue's raised sleeves, and looked at the fairy who was as white as snow in the daytime with a snort.

Lu Zhouxue was pulled to a stop, rubbed the big cat's head helplessly, and coaxed: "Be good, I'm going to go out for a while, you look after the house, okay?"

The big cat refused and pressed his clothes tighter. Lu Zhouxue was helpless. Seeing that the moon was about to rise completely, he didn't want to leak his divine power on the spot, so he had to change his tone and threatened: "If you don't agree, I will let A Zhuo summon you back to the demon clan."

The big cat was disobedient but extremely afraid of Xiao Fengzhuo. Upon hearing his words, it looked at Lu Zhouxue accusingly and reluctantly moved its claws away.

"Be good." Lu Zhouxue patted the big cat's head, thinking that Xiao Fengzhuo, this cat, really had the same temperament as him, willful but easy to coax, and hurried away.

Without noticing the door of the main hall behind him opening, Peacock looked at his departing back with a complicated and conflicted expression.